argentina's president warns a smear campaign and trade war against the sputnik the covert vaccine is can bring global distribution as the country starts delivering russia's job. i remember our colleagues because the words into hell 6 i'm happy because this should be the end and i'm eternally grateful on behalf of all of the nurses. also this hour the u.s. confirms its 1st case of a more contagious british strain upon a virus we look at a challenging year for the country worst hit by the pandemic. and a kobe denying russian monk accused of calling on paul worth including minors to commit suicide is remanded in custody.

a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at our church here in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. we look to south america now in argentina health workers have received the 1st dose as of russia sputnik the job of the country's mass vaccination campaign gets underway if all is russia and belarus and improving the shot argentina's president has dismissed fears of using russia's job warning it's fallen victim to a potentially politically driven international smear campaign he added a trade war has been unleashed against me which is hampering distribution. in from me and there's a very vicious dispute going on a very cruel dispute and it's shameful why some discredit all this and i think the 1st thing to bear in mind is that a trade war has been unleashed also since the whole world is eager for the vaccine there's a geo political dispute who will be the one to distribute the vaccine our sister

channel r.t. spanish reports from outside a vaccination center and warn us there's. they will be remembered in argentina as the start of the biggest vaccination ever carried out in the country marginson has received 300000 doses of v. now the focus is on monitoring the vaccination of medical workers and hospital staff caring for people infected with coded 19 they were the 1st to receive the vaccine across medical centers they worked hard to tackle the virus but it's been difficult not least because some of even seeing colleagues lose their lives to delivery of the vaccines cause for dismissal. this is a ray of hope for us it's like we've crossed the line of fire and are now moving forward against this damned byron's we had a very difficult year there was a lot of fear this is a great hope for us and i'm eternally grateful on behalf of all of the nurses. i'm satisfied i am very happy these are the emotions that come to my mind now i

remember our colleagues who died because they worked in the health sector and happy because this should end. in the buenos aires province more than 300000 people signed up for voluntary vaccination with very provincial governor who was the 1st to be vaccinated in the region detail the significance of this new step in the fight against the pandemic. it seems to me today is the beginning of a new stage for us the largest vaccination campaign in the history of the province of when a serious begin this morning and this is a vaccine that not only prevents disease. but also represents a real triumph as aleutian in the fight against coronavirus the campaign will involve around 7800 vaccinations centers as a whole distributing doses brought from russia everyone vaccinated will be supervised for possible side effects as well as to inform when a 2nd round of vaccines arrives more than 20000000 doses are expected to be

delivered by february it's hoped to live a major positive effect against the virus. we can now bring em live francisco dominguez head of latin american studies at the u.k.'s middlesex university in argentina negotiated with vaccine manufacturers from various countries so why might it have chosen to start with sputnik me. well i think it's the one that works best and fast. given the new. russians who actually believe in these interviews the which is being going on for some time being the reason why he accepted. the no one. q. would be good and. it was on the campaign again. when it comes to that campaign argentina's president has said that a global trade war against sputnik he is hurting it's just distribution what could he mean by that. the result of. effort to create

a cold war a little fear deeply by the united states but also by some of the european car. and d.c. states that ain't particular russia and china i think the reason needs that they have to come to the conclusion that there is such a massive a because with the fight against the gun then it because these countries china russia and a few others actually have demonstrated that if you have a good sense if you put people before profit if you actually cared about the population rather than anything else then the results are you know demonstrably good whereas if you were to compare the formants all european countries in the united kingdom but also the united states where you don't have some syncros to get us to feed them that's the reason why there is a huge campaign unfortunately she supported by the western media and the caterers into you know supported by conservative forces around mackley and my prison we've

created a must for us to be going to be clear of the country from the theater where the jobs. look at this trade war that he's referring to potentially harm south america or other countries as well. well they only. any true war that actually militates against good exchanges between countries in good cooperation good collaboration and peace in the world. is clearly there are pros and companies change there he's operatives there to know it's impossible to create it's own the sphere seems to me it is going to be a temporary win a trade war doesn't help when the united states went for a trade war with china. the most people got something where people you know 33 percent of the u.s. is going to be so it doesn't hurt anybody so one corporation one world trade in one piece and there is no reason not to go for you know as far as the. receiver not

that's the road to go. we've been speaking with francisco domingo's of middlesex university thank you for your time and your comments and. you know all that as well as also signed a deal with russia for approximately $10000000.00 doses of sputnik be present nicolas maduro said the shot will be free for the whole population he plans to complete the 1st round of axioms by march that as well was the 1st country in the western hemisphere to take part in post approval trials of precious jap the u.s. has revealed its 1st case of the more contagious british strain of corona virus a variant confirmed in the state of colorado comes amid fears of a further spike in cases over the holidays we have been talking about potential for spread during christmas and as america struggles to deal with the effects of the pandemic arctic correspondent looks at an especially tough year for

the city dubbed the epicenter of the crisis new york city. they call it the big apple and in 2020 that apple got a giant one minute and that worm is known as ovid when a national emergency was 1st declared in the city back in march many panicked. stores soon had empty shelves. the hospital soon had capacity and emergency tents were set up in central park.

there was a shortage of protective equipment like masks and hand sanitizer health care workers took to the streets to protest they're told to use one man has only grown old boy. so if you want to talk about the row. it's part of that i mean if you send over if you sent over if you sent us it's really it's been tough it's been one of the hardest moments of my life it's been really challenging and we were burnt out we're we come in every day and are not getting support from our managers are you know our government is telling us we can wear a simple bandana we don't have many noted that in circumstances like this we had local officials blaming everyone but themselves where was the whole international health community we was the whole national shows of experts the w h o d n a the c.d.c.

the whole alphabet soup of agencies we was are very we were you. where was the intelligence community with the brief. videos of trucks used as temporary morgue to do to an overflow of dead bodies became a horrifying emblem of the era. new york city's hard island became a graveyard amid the overflow of dead bodies. one of the ugliest scandals involved nursing homes at the end of march andrew cuomo the new york state governor ordered coded patients to be sent to nursing homes for the elderly now this order was revised on the 11th of may but it was far too late the

death toll in new york's nursing homes was approximately 4800 people remember that the elderly are the most vulnerable such a poorly calculated move is pretty hard to forgive this thing is not going away sir 6300 people died in new york nursing homes that is the most in this country really needs to be able to challenge this wish to leave you would do it you're in a little bit of criticism of your very much like there was a glimmer of hope over the summer but then a 2nd wave came when it got cold the new lock downs have had a devastating effect on the economy restaurant owners and workers have taken to the streets.

while the state was crashing and burning with the rising body count andrew cuomo took the opportunity to write a book about his personal achievements. and . 2021 doesn't look like it's bringing any relief either national health officials are warning us that january could be devastating without substantial mitigation the middle of january could be a really dark time for us some say that the lockdown was imposed too late others are saying that cuts in health care facilities and the closing of hospitals over the past decade have played a role regardless of why there's no question the 2020 will go down as one of the worst years in the history of new york city jail up and r.t.

new york. as an example of stepping up at a time of need an image of exhausted russian medical volunteers lying and a room with a covert patients gone viral in turns were called to help someone reported to be in a state of panic and confusion there were fears the patient could tear off her oxygen mask meaning that she had to be under constant supervision and the patients now in stable condition with the internes praised on social media and by colleagues for their role in her recovery in turn students told us what happened on the day the photo was taken. but you know what we saw the whatsapp message that help was needed and we 3 decided to go to the red zone long before our shift was supposed to start in order to help out our colleagues we replaced who were looking after the patients so they could do other work at the unit and we stayed with the patient when morning came with a down on the floor to rest at least a little bit because it's really challenging to work nonstop in

a civil suit so we watched the patients at 28 o'clock in the morning when the new shift came on and we set off to do the work at the unit. take over denying russian monks been sentenced to 2 months pretrial detention in moscow sergei is accused of numerous offenses including encouraging minors to commit suicide is known for radical views such as claiming president putin been replaced by the anti-christ and they were masked monks also drawing criticism from the orthodox church for encouraging people to flock of it restrictions and attend mass despite being defrauded by church officials who continue to run a master in central russia artist national that's more. special operation handed demonstration do you have probably more. now but maybe even more should be your least all more vital seeing you. when russia's a moon special police forces came to the city of new rise monastery outside

ticketed and bowed to detain the men known as father syria who had seized the convent back in june they knew they'd face resistance and on supporters of the monk a former policeman himself who served his sentence for murder and robbery helping him take control over the monastery where many battle hardened veterans and former officers he tended of violent. 000000000. oh. in me father sergey was banned from conducting religious services due to his radical views on the coronavirus pandemic he called to ignore the lock down denounced electronic passes as a way to stem the outbreak as satins electronic camp and described the vaccines against kobe 19 and attempts to control the masses and tobar a state investigators launched

a criminal investigation into child abuse at the monastery but the reason for the night raid was another issue a video posted on you tube where a spiritual leader asked the church members whether they're ready to die for russia became the last straw move them or to hear one more year from a great number of operating. across the borders here from here from one of the. children were in the crowd too and that worried the local ombudsman for children's rights sergei's now charged under 3 articles violation of the right to freedom of conscience and religion call for suicide and abuse of power so again denies any guilt according to his lawyer he was taken to moscow for into a geisha and and a hearing and sent to be due from the tension he spoke about it was almost a holy mission. you reduce it would be everything is fine with me you

don't have to do anything just live by the commandments of god whatever happens everyone has their own cross to bear jesus said take your cross and follow me i'm following christ. the investigative committee and f.s.b. searched the compound and form a priest's cell while outside dozens of father city's supporters made a kind of human shield in an attempt to protect what they see as their spiritual fortress and express their solidarity with the priest but chances are they are not going to see their leader any time soon. still ahead a german m.p. gets an angry response for wanting to lockdown extended to fight climate change details after the short break. and.

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welcome back a german lawmakers got a furious reaction 1st suggesting covert restrictions could be the template for fighting climate change for a lot of set out his views and opinion piece for a newspaper there will never be a vaccine against c o 2 so we need measures for tackling climate change that are similar to the restrictions of personal freedom and the pandemic the social democratic party m.p. who is also an epidemiologist admitted his ideas unlikely to ever happen but his views sparked a firestorm on social media. to this and pretty much everything that is t. not climate friendly could be banned the struggle for freedom will never end law

it's about is already proposing looked on like measures to combat climate change let's enjoy the festive season and gather strength for the demonstrations and resistance against state violence in 2021 at about the same time the code log downs and the lockdown for climate change begins since we have been so willing to give up our freedoms lockdowns will now be routine we've got reaction to the story from a panel of guests. do. you. it's one that simply hasn't worked in the code it presents it in genuine emergency and the will respond and we'll be through. doing that grows needs to be tackled with this is much good we do not need to look and look the kind we have heard the effect of the in terms of curb reduction during

the long run here it has been equivalent to taking 102 degrees centigrade over the global warming that we expected by 2030 and we need something which is very much for effect but also something which fork in cruising done in this through the senate yet he starts a new test which will. make us better off and allowed us to live like crude but in a much cleaner and nestle who were blocked ounce where where a certain except of the 1st time around or a troll. but now we're caught in such a mass that i think this is the reason why we're getting so many problems of people of anger votes out i don't think anyone right and well written and joyce mocking countries down with lost control of this virus testing trace has been a complete mass a complete waste of money climate change of the center especially much the act got beat generation because i have recently during the you know outer islands to be

chirpy time initiating the recchi the wealthy conscious of the belt of money drain by paying for. 3 days prior to the code 19 money completely wasted which they could of course ensued environmental projects to help other well country bridger issues are with that with the top junction. the rest of the world is not so much of a problem but this is i reached my reach to get any personal freedoms whatsoever. now for some world news in brief it's been reported that at least 5 people have been killed and multiple injuries reported in mid massive explosions and gunshots yemen's even airport after a plane arrives from saudi arabia carrying yemen's new government and the exact number of wounded has not yet been confirmed though it's not thought any of the ministers are among those injured. by police have clashed with the love of the

students at the top university protesters trying to storm the main campus angry that despite a coded linked economic crisis mission fees are being doubled. and tens of thousands of pro-choice activists erupted into cheers as argentina's senate voted to legalize abortion a deeply divisive issue in the catholic majority country people celebrated the decision by throwing out the green smoke bombs the color of the pro-choice movement becomes the 1st major latin american states to make the move. as well as being one of the country's most affected by the pandemic france is also battling a resurgence in extremist activity charlotte devinsky looks at the government's response in the wake of a number of terrorist attacks. 2020 is the manual might call turned from this into an enemy of large swathes of the muslim world the president claimed

to be taking on only the extremist warped ideology of islam isn't that many in the global muslim community felt that they were being targeted it was to be french means to defend the right to make people laugh the freedom to mock is ridiculous it's a caricature which voltaire claimed was the source of the rest to be french means always to be on the side of the freedom fighters. needs a mental health treatment what else can be said to a head of state who does not understand freedom of belief and who behaves in this way to millions of people living in this country who are members of a different faith that frenzy kicked off hair with the now infamous satirical magazine charlie abdul used to have its offices instead of mocking 5 years since

the massacre here france was also about to bury new victims as the trial of those suspected of aiding the terrorists who killed in cold blood tape began sharlee abdo published what it described as a tribute to the dead it was like a red rag to a bull. then came the attack on vienna and that warns initiative to crack down ism is started to gain wide momentum was the case that the attack was clearly an islamist

terrorist attack it was an attack out of hatred hatred of our basic values so. we know what vienna and austria have been through the pain the fear the victims and i don't think that this attack is an innocent act it reveals the will of our enemy to attack what europe is a land of culture of freedoms and values military deployment has been more than doubled in france other countries have heightened measures to so how real is the threat the threat is absolutely enormous in terms of fighting political islam because 80 percent of the most are controlled by radical islamists what i call the ideological threat but secondly the jihadist threat that is only part of radical islam that the jihad is a terrorist attack is also

a big danger because many people are released immigration is not control another issue then raised its head polls showed younger muslims are more conservative than previous generations and they put the laws of their faith above that of frogs just confirms previous polls going back over the past few years it also. deserve a dent in the reaction of school high school students. to the minute's silence and commemoration of the beheaded schoolteacher where there was quite a lot of disruption around the country during a minute's silence. so i think it's very worrying that the younger generation is. as much if not more radicalized than their parents or grandparents it's not too late but we last 2 or one or 2 generation we have to take the control back of the most and in schools the 2 ways they are brainwash in

order to respond to this new bill to promote the values of the french republic has been trough it it will target online hate speech drastically reduce home schooling bring in jail terms for doctors who perform the genetic tests and to make it more difficult for most kids to receive foreign financing so is it enough to stop the rot it's difficult to say how we can stop it at this stage 'd. i think there's been a certain tolerance over the years and decades which is allow the situation to develop. and it's a little bit like both in this the stable door after the horses has run away in fact it may even reinforce the victimhood narrative of the persecution complex which is being stoked up 2021 will no doubt see from pushing on with this effort

to eradicate islam islam but going by 2020 that attempt could backfire muslims say they already feel stigmatized and singled out and not call ins essentially republican values for still may alienate them further and not could feel rather than extinguish the threat from extremists so let's even ski. paris. that's been our breakdown of today's top headlines for now but if you're looking for more you can always had to our website r.t. dot com. greetings and salyut. you know if there is one thing as ubiquitous as

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